Varujan Kojian (March 12, 1935;

Beirut, Lebanon Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of ...

March 4, 1993;

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) was an Armenian-American conductor from

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

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. He studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

and by 1956 joined

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where he became an assistant concertmaster. He began his job as a conductor in

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in mid '60s. From 1973 to 1980 he was the guest conductor at the Royal Opera in

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and during the same years was also working as an associate conductor for the

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. From 1980 to 1983 he was director of the

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and a year later became a member of the

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of which he became director from 1985-1993 before he died at the age of 57.

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Varujan Kojian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kojian, Varujan American male conductors (music) 1935 births 1993 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni Musicians from Beirut 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American male musicians